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BBC Wins F1 TV Contract
After a long absence Formula 1 is set to return to the BBC from the 2009 Grand Prix season.
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Widgets for Digits - Digital Broadcasting Arrives
Standby for the Digital Broadcasting revolution, as the world's first national DAB national network gets rid of mushy medium-wave forever.
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Dr Who: The series that wouldn’t die
The TV series Dr Who began life as a low budget children's TV series - Suite 101 examines why it managed to outlast them all (despite the best efforts of the BBC).
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BBC America in May (House of Cards Vicar of Dibley and more)
BBC America in May - Vicar of Dibley, House of Cards, Fawtly Towers, A Very Peculiar Practice, Ground Force and more
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BBC From Our Own Correspondent
For over 50 years, BBC reporters have expressed themselves through the flagship program, From Our Own Correspondent heard on Radio 4 and the BBC World Service.
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Mozart's Marriage of Figaro
Today a Mozart opera seems hardly likely to cause public riots, but this perception of harmlessness wasn't always the case.
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MTV Germany to air Popetown
MTV Germany to air entire series after Catholic injunction fails
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Dr Who: Restoring the Past
Part 2 of a two-part series, looking at how a few dedicated fans worked to restore missing episodes of the worlds longest-lasting science-fiction series - a remarkable story of detective work, inspiration and perspiration.
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Brit-Mystery Showdown Round One - Poirot vs.Campion and more...
It's time to choose the top telly detective od all time!
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Classic Children's TV
Classic British Children's TV Shows (Blue Peter, Mr. Benn and more)
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Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers:Arguably the greatest sit-com ever!
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I Want To Work On TV
Ever wanted to work in the media? Fancy a job as a TV or radio reporter? Check out what it's REALLY like, and how you find a position with Suite101. First of two articles.
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Jill Dando: A Tribute
A tribute to top BBC broadcaster Jill Dando, who was murdered outside her London home this week.
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Spin Doctors Go To War
Broadcasters are a prime target for spin doctors who want to get their own propaganda on the air. The recent war in the Balkans is a prime example, and we look at some propagandists of the past.
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The Murder of Jill Dando / Royal Wedding / Brit-Mystery Showdown
The, still unsolved, murder of one of Britain's favorite presenters. The Royal Wedding on BBC America. Another round in the Brit-Mysery Showdown.
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The Quatermass Trilogy
Classic Sci-fi series from Nigel Kneale and Rudolph Cartier
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The Teletubbie Invasion !
The BBC's lovable Teletubbies have come to America!
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The Young Ones
Classic Cult Comedy - The Young Ones
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News Roundup
Cabinet Revisions in store for Palestinian Authority, Israel continues to be involved in Lebanese quagmire and the UN takes aim on latest Israeli activities in Jerusalem
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Graham Chapman
Yes. He's still dead .... NO. G.C. did not come back to life for this interview.
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OnDVD: DOCTOR WHO: Series 1
Already released in the UK and Canada, the US will be able to pick up the beloved series on July 4th. 5 discs with 5 extra hours of footage ... and it's all FANTASTIC!
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US Cellphones Go Mobile in the UK
US cellphones and British mobile phones don't always like traveling overseas. Some won't work in some countries, others are too expensive. The answer may be to rent one
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Wallace and Gromit Trouble at Mill
Wallace and Gromit get a new half-hour short, called "Trouble at Mill." The new film is "a matter of loaf and death" and airs on BBC-One in late 2008.
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Digital Storytelling in Wales
Digital Storytelling Festival in Aberystwyth, Wales, June 20 to 22, 2006
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György Ligeti
After 83 years of full life and composition, György Ligeti passed away last Monday (June 12).
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The Cult of Cult Programmes
Suite 101 looks at Cult TV and radio programmes. From Star Trek to The Archers, from ITMA to The Prisoner, what's their secret?
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Review: Parallel Universe
"Parallel Universe" has been airing periodically on the Science Channel, and is one of the most comprehensible introductions to the topic.
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Tony Winner Alan Bennett
Since 1960 playwright Alan Bennett has delighted audiences and actors from Monty Python alumni to Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Nigel Hawthorne.
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US Travelers Rent UK Cellphones
American visitors who don't want to take their cellphones to London or elsewhere in the UK and Ireland can take out a short-term rental to solve the problem
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World Cup TV
Looking at the coverage from ITV and BBC as well as the newspapers’ podcasts at Germany 2006.
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Siberia's Tunguska Event of 1908
Questions remain nearly 100 years since the Tunguska Event of 1908 devastated the Central Siberian forest: Was it ball lightning? Did the event trigger climate change?
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UKTV Sites to See
A Variety of fine UKTV Web Sites
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Robots That Can Adapt and Evolve
Blocky little robots and "flapping ornithopters" evolve and adapt at Cornell.
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Hugo Nominations 2006
Here's the list of 2006 Hugo and Campbell Award nominations.
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Miss Bimbo Online Game Released
This week newspapers and news programmes all over Britain report parent fury at a new website aimed at young girls which promotes extreme dieting and breast surgery.
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New Clouded Leopard Discovered
On March 14, the World Wildlife Fund announced discovery of a new species of clouded leopard in Borneo and Sumatra.
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Stones History (May 11-18)
some highlights of years gone by
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War and Sweets in Iraq
Abdul Hussain Shakarchi is a baker from Baghdad who in his 62 years, has witnessed some interesting times. Here's a snapshot of life in that city for him today.
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Gardening for Beginners
Call it Gardening 101 - even the greenest beginner can learn how to have a beautiful yard that will be the envy of neighbors. And it doesn't have to cost a fortune.
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Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is regarded as a former liberation hero in Africa, but now even some of his supporters say he must go - but when and how?
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Steven Moffat Writes Tintin
Hugo Award-winning writer Steven Moffat (Dr. Who) has been tapped by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson to write the script for Tintin trilogy. First movie due in 2009
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The Good Life (Good Neighbors)
The Good Life - Classic BBC Comedy starring Felicity Kendal
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The Oldest Man in the World
Japanese Supercentenarian is recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest living man in the World, and has held the title for over a year.
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